Rand Corporation: 374 books
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military
Volume 4. Investigations of Potential Bias in Estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to independently assess rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. This volume presents the results of methodological investigations into sources of potential...
RAND in Southeast Asia
A History of the Vietnam War Era
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
This volume chronicles RAND's involvement in researching insurgency and counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand during the Vietnam War era and assesses the effect that this research had on U.S. officials and policies. Elliott draws on interviews with former RAND staff and the many studies...
The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-Sector Reform
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
A RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico through the lens of existing RAND research on urban instability and unrest, historical insurgencies, and defense-sector reform. Assessment scorecards from...
by Austin Long
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2002
The challenges posed by insurgency and instability have proved difficult to surmount. This difficulty may embolden future opponents to embrace insurgency in combating the United States. Both the current and future conduct of the war on terror demand that the United States improve its ability to conduct...
RAND Review
Vol. 36, No. 3, Winter 2012-2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Feature stories discuss the promotion of tolerance and critical thinking in the Arab world through children's media, the challenges faced by the United States in an era of fiscal austerity, and promising models for measuring teacher performance. Two other stories highlight the National Science Foundation's...
by Matt Bassford, Hans Pung, Nigel Edgington
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's Fixed Wing Sector Strategy Board commissioned RAND Europe to assist in the development of a strategy and sustainment plan for the military fixed wing sector. RAND focused on the health and sustainment of key skills in the sector's industrial base. This monograph...
The Adoption of New Smart-Grid Technologies
Incentives, Outcomes, and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
RAND Corporation researchers review the current technical, regulatory, and economic context of the electricity market and theoretical benefits of developing a smart grid; discuss some entrepreneurial opportunities associated with smart-grid data; examine empirical evidence related to smart-grid adoption and implementation; and offer policy suggestions for overcoming identified barriers.
by Geoffrey McGovern, Michael D. Greenberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
RAND Corporation researchers surveyed experts from five states that use a variety of approaches to funding state court systems to assess financing, accounting, and governance issues under various systems.
Overcoming Obstacles to Peace
Local Factors in Nation-Building
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Following on a series of RAND Corporation studies of nation-building, this monograph analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes in these interventions. It examines how external actors and local leaders in a variety of societies modified or worked around those conditions to promote enduring peace.
Early and School-Age Care in Santa Monica
Current System, Policy Options, and Recommendations: Executive Summary
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
In July 2012, the City of Santa Monica Human Services Division and the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District contracted with the RAND Corporation to conduct an assessment of child care programs in Santa Monica. The project sought to assess how well Santa Monica’s early and school-age care...
by Susan J. Bodilly, Rita Karam, Nate Orr
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
The Ford Foundation's Collaborating for Education Reform Initiative (CERI) provided grantees with funds, guidance, and technical assistance to develop collaboratives and carry out activities to improve teaching and learning. A second effort, CERI 2, laid down a new set of goals for grantees. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated the initiative.
Military Caregivers
Cornerstones of Support for Our Nation's Wounded, Ill, and Injured Veterans
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Military caregivers are an essential part of our nation's ability to care for returning wounded warriors. Far too often, their own needs are neglected. The RAND Corporation and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation lay the groundwork to inform policy and program development relative to the needs of military caregivers that often differ from the needs of the general caregiving population.
Reading for Understanding
Toward an R&D Program in Reading Comprehension
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2002
In fall 1999, the Department of Education's Office of Educational Researchand Improvement (OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve thequality and relevance of the education research it funds. The RAND ReadingStudy Group (RRSG) was charged with developing a research framework toaddress the...
by RAND Mathematics Study Panel, Deborah Loewenberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2003
A clear need exists for substantial improvement in mathematics proficiency in U.S. schools. The RAND Mathematics Study Panel was convened to inform the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement on ways to improve the quality and usability of education research and...